# flexible

Pronunciation: say "FLEK-si-buhl" US/UK /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/, AUS /ˈflek.sɪ.bəl/

## Adjective

1. Capable of being bent or twisted without breaking.
   - Simple: Able to bend or twist easily without breaking or snapping.
   - _The cable is flexible enough to wind tightly around the corners._
   - _Bamboo is surprisingly flexible, bending in strong winds without snapping._
2. Able to adapt or change to suit new or altered conditions and situations.
   - Simple: Able to change easily to fit new situations or needs.
   - _The company offers flexible working hours to fit each employee's needs._
   - _Remote teams need flexible plans that adjust as priorities shift._
3. Able to be adapted, adjusted, or reshaped to suit different needs or circumstances.
   - Simple: Able to be shaped or changed to fit different uses.
   - _The software is flexible, letting developers mold it to many tasks._
   - _Lawmakers wrote flexible rules that regulators could adapt over time._
4. Willing to give way to the influence of others; not stubborn or rigidly set in one's views.
   - Simple: Willing to change your mind or give in to what others want.
   - _A flexible negotiator will yield on small points to win the larger deal._
   - _Voters saw him as too flexible, bending to whoever had spoken last._

## Noun

5. In engineering and manufacturing, a material, product, or component that bends easily, such as the pouches and wraps of flexible packaging.
   - Simple: In factories and engineering, a material or part that bends easily.
   - _The assembly uses a braided flexible to carry fluid across the moving joint._
   - _The company's packaging division makes mostly flexibles, such as pouches and wrapping films for food brands._

## Origin

This word came through Middle French flexible from Latin flexibilis, which comes from flectō meaning 'I bend' or 'curve'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/flexible (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).